"Munich Officially Drops Windows, Adopts Linux"

Wunderchu · Jun 21, 2004, 02:22 AM

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As expected, the government of the German city of Munich this week officially voted to drop Windows from 14,000 desktop PCs, opting instead to go with an open source solution based on Linux. The Munich migration is, by far, the largest contract loss that...
WinInfo - Paul Thurrott

http://www.winnetmag.com/windowspaul...ott_43005.html

UberLord · Jun 21, 2004, 02:30 PM

Well, they do have to promote local business interests (Suse) above foreign interests (Microsoft) ....

At least they should have more secure desktops by default

JLP · Jun 22, 2004, 04:52 PM

Smart people those Germans. It is always a very good idea to save taxpayers money too. If only others were so smart.

Malus · Jun 29, 2004, 08:43 PM

Yes, more Americans need to switch.

Jun 21, 2004, 02:30 PM	#2
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Jun 22, 2004, 04:52 PM	#3
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	Smart people those Germans. It is always a very good idea to save taxpayers money too. If only others were so smart.